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Results from the second day of the first-ever NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round, for May 13: Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Azusa Pacific, Belhaven, Bellevue, Berry, Biola, British Columbia, Campbellsville, Embry-Riddle, Fresno Pacific, Jamestown, Kansas Wesleyan, Lee, LSU-Shreveport, Lubbock Christian, Madonna, Oklahoma City, Point Loma Nazarene, Savannah College of Art and Design, Southern Polytechnic, Union, Wayland Baptist

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Results from first day of the first-ever NAIA sectional tournaments, officially the Baseball National Championship Opening Round, for May 12:

At Lubbock, TX:

#1 Lubbock Christian picked up where they left off in the regular season, defeating William Jewell 28-2. The Chaparrals scored seven runs in the second inning, and 18 runs in the eighth inning. William Jewell used six pitchers.

#18 Wayland Baptist defeated Northwood (TX) 8-6. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Belhaven, Bellevue, Berry, Biola, British Columbia, Campbellsville, Embry-Riddle, Lee, Lubbock Christian, Madonna, Oklahoma City, Point Loma Nazarene, Savannah College of Art and Design, Tennessee Wesleyan, Union

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Golden State Athletic Conference – at San Diego: #3 Point Loma Nazarene won the inaugural tournament, defeating #24 The Master’s 6-1. The Sea Lions were out-hit 7-6 by the Mustangs, but they broke a tight game open with a grand slam home run in the seventh inning by 3B Wes Kartch. Brandon Dixon got the win.

Appalachian Athletic Conference - at Kingsport, TN: #10 Tennessee Wesleyan won the championship, defeating #14 Union (KY) 5-3. This was the completion of a game suspended the previous day. The winning run came on a sacrifice fly by Matt Stanley in the sixth inning. Jon Swartout, who pitched a shutout on Monday, took over after the suspension, and went the last 4 2/3 innings, didn’t allow a run. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Point Loma Nazarene, Tennessee Wesleyan, The Master's, Trevecca Nazarene, Union

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Golden State Athletic Conference – at San Diego: #3 Point Loma Nazarene defeated #11 Fresno Pacific 3-2 (12 innings). SS Tyler Kuehl singled in the winning run for the Sea Lions. Steven Winnick pitched four hitless innings in relief for the win. #24 The Master’s then took Fresno Pacific out of the tournament with a 6-5 win. Point Loma Nazarene and The Master’s play for the championship in Thursday.

Sun Conference – at Fort Myers, FL: #7 Embry-Riddle defeated Savannah College of Art and Design 11-4 for the championship. Joel Blomberg and Austin Goolsby hit home runs for the Eagles. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: British Columbia, Cal State San Marcos, Embry-Riddle, Fresno Pacific, Point Loma Nazarene, Savannah College of Art and Design, Tennessee Wesleyan, The Master's, Trevecca Nazarene, Union

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Sooner Athletic Conference: The entire tournament was cancelled due to bad weather. Both #1 Lubbock Christian and #2 Oklahoma City are hosting sectional tournaments next week.

Golden State Athletic Conference – at San Diego: #3 PointLoma Nazarene defeated #24 The Master’s 4-0. Andrew Bovich pitched eight shutout innings for the Sea Lions, and Kurt Steinhauer hit two home runs. #11 Fresno Pacific defeated Biola 15-12. Point Loma Nazarene and Fresno Pacific meet on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: British Columbia, Cal State San Marcos, Embry-Riddle, Fresno Pacific, Point Loma Nazarene, Savannah College of Art and Design, Tennessee Wesleyan, The Master's, Union

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Sooner Athletic Conference – at Shawnee, OK: The start of the tournament was delayed until Tuesday due to wet grounds.

Golden State Athletic Conference – at San Diego: #24 The Master’s defeated Azusa Pacific 6-5 (11 innings). #11 Fresno Pacific plays Biola and #3 Point Loma Nazarene plays Azusa Pacific on Tuesday.

Sun Conference – at Fort Myers, FL: In the second round, #7 Embry-Riddle defeated USC Beaufort 11-6; Brandon Roper-Hubbert went 4-5 with four RBI. Savannah College of Art and Design defeated Warner 5-0. Stephen Shackleford pitched a complete-game shutout for the Bees; he scattered eight hits, and struck out nine. He is 7-1, 2.73 ERA. Embry-Riddle and SCAD meet on Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Azusa Pacific, Belhaven, British Columbia, Cal State San Marcos, College of Idaho, Embry-Riddle, Oregon Tech, Savannah College of Art and Design, Tennessee Wesleyan, The Master's, U. of Mobile, Union

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Southern States Athletic Conference - at Columbus, GA: #6 Southern Polytechnic took #8 Lee out of the tournament with a 6-3 win. Southern Polytechnic then lost to #4 Berry 9-3; Jason Dorcey pitched a complete game for the Vikings. The Hornets and Vikings will play one more game on Sunday for the championship.

Appalachian Athletic Conference - at Kingsport, TN: #10 Tennessee Wesleyan defeated Covenant 8-3. #14 Union defeated Virginia-Wise 14-4. Bluefield defeated King 5-4. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Belhaven, Berry, Campbellsville, Jamestown, Lee, LSU-Shreveport, Madonna, Southern Polytechnic, Tennessee Wesleyan, Union

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Results of the NAIA Coaches’ Poll for April 21, 2009, and Boyd Nation’s Iterative Strength Rating. Comments below:

RANK	LAST WEEK	ISR	SCHOOL	2009 RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	1	Lubbock Christian	38-4	622
2	2	4	Oklahoma City	42-6	594
3	4	2	Point Loma Nazarene	32-10	563
4	3	3	Southern Polytechnic	41-6	561
5	5	12	Union (KY)	37-7	529
6	6	6	Lewis-Clark State	29-9	524
7	9	11	Berry	35-12	477
8	7	9	British Columbia	32-8	456
9	11	14	Embry-Riddle	36-12	450
10	10	5	Campbellsville	31-7	433
11	13	7	Lee	41-9	396
12	14	10	Azusa Pacific	31-13	392
13	12	26	Madonna	33-6	389
14	8	8	Fresno Pacific	29-14	380
15	15	28	Bellevue	30-9	376
16	16	27	William Carey	31-14	323
17	19	23	Warner	32-14	306
18	17	19	LSU-Shreveport	37-11	264
19	18	15	Southern Nazarene	34-10	259
20	22	22	Tennessee Wesleyan	34-13	211
21	25	71	Spring Arbor	25-8	198
22	24	35	Lindenwood	33-10	160
23	20	50	William Woods	31-10	146
24	NR	16	Wayland Baptist	35-11	121
25	RV	21	Malone	32-10	116
		13	Auburn-Montgomery	28-19
		17	The Master’s	31-16
		18	Biola	29-19
		20	Trevecca Nazarene	29-16
		24	Cumberland	27-18
		25	Georgetown College	28-20

First-place votes: Lubbock Christian 22 Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Azusa Pacific, Berry, Biola, British Columbia, Cal State San Marcos, Campbellsville, College of Idaho, Embry-Riddle, Fresno Pacific, Lewis-Clark State, Lubbock Christian, Madonna, Oklahoma City, Point Loma Nazarene, Southern Polytechnic, Trevecca Nazarene, Union

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Results of the NAIA Coaches’ Poll for April 14, 2009, and Boyd Nation’s Iterative Strength Rating. Comments below:

RANK	LAST WEEK	ISR	SCHOOL	2009 RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	1	Lubbock Christian	36-4	622
2	2	4	Oklahoma City	40-5	597
3	3	3	Southern Polytechnic	37-5	581
4	4	2	Point Loma Nazarene	29-9	562
5	5	18	Union (KY)	32-5	546
6	6	7	Lewis-Clark State	25-8	508
7	10	6	British Columbia	27-7	473
8	16	8	Fresno Pacific	27-12	452
9	11	12	Berry	32-10	438
10	9	5	Campbellsville	29-7	422
11	15	15	Embry-Riddle	32-12	414
12	8	26	Madonna	28-5	412
13	12	10	Lee	37-9	389
14	7	9	Azusa Pacific	28-11	384
15	14	25	Bellevue	24-9	375
16	17	28	William Carey	28-14	321
17	20	16	LSU-Shreveport	35-10	282
18	19	17	Southern Nazarene	32-9	271
19	13	27	Warner	29-14	264
20	21	44	William Woods	28-8	212
21	RV	23	Cumberland	24-15	179
22	24	21	Tennessee Wesleyan	30-12	172
23	22	13	The Master’s	29-14	155
24	NR	36	Lindenwood	28-9	113
25	RV	82	Spring Arbor	20-8	96
		11	Auburn-Montgomery	26-16
		14	Wayland Baptist	32-10
		19	Trevecca Nazarene	26-16
		20	Biola	23-18
		22	College of Idaho	25-13
		24	Malone	26-10

First-place votes: Lubbock Christian 22 Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Azusa Pacific, Berry, British Columbia, Campbellsville, College of Idaho, Concordia-Irvine, Embry-Riddle, Fresno Pacific, Lewis-Clark State, Lubbock Christian, Madonna, Oklahoma City, Point Loma Nazarene, Southern Polytechnic, Union

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Results of the NAIA Coaches’ Poll for April 7, 2009, and Boyd Nation’s Iterative Strength Rating. Comments below:

RANK	LAST WEEK	ISR	SCHOOL	2009 RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	1	Lubbock Christian	33-4	590
2	2	3	Oklahoma City	36-4	568
3	3	2	Southern Polytechnic	32-4	557
4	4	4	Point Loma Nazarene	26-9	531
5	7	22	Union (KY)	30-5	506
6	9	7	Lewis-Clark State	21-6	479
7	6	5	Azusa Pacific	28-9	464
8	10	13	Madonna	26-3	456
9	8	6	Campbellsville	27-6	430
10	13	9	British Columbia	25-7	422
11	12	11	Berry	27-8	417
12	15	10	Lee	33-8	368
13	16	25	Warner	27-12	366
14	14	27	Bellevue	21-8	351
15	11	20	Embry-Riddle	28-12	302
16	24	8	Fresno Pacific	25-10	291
17	RV	28	William Carey	25-13	270
18	20	16	Trevecca Nazarene	25-13	254
19	RV	21	Southern Nazarene	30-8	246
20	5	17	LSU-Shreveport	30-10	235
21	NR	40	William Woods	25-7	151
22	18	14	The Master’s	26-13	149
23	25	23	College of Idaho	22-10	140
24	RV	24	Tennessee Wesleyan	28-11	115
25	NR	53	William Jewell	27-8	112
		12	Wayland Baptist	29-10
		15	Malone	22-8
		18	Biola	21-17
		19	Auburn-Montgomery	22-15

First-place votes: Lubbock Christian 19, Southern Polytechnic 2 Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Azusa Pacific, Berry, British Columbia, Cal State San Marcos, Campbellsville, College of Idaho, Concordia-Irvine, Cumberland, Embry-Riddle, Fresno Pacific, Lewis-Clark State, Lubbock Christian, Madonna, Oklahoma City, Point Loma Nazarene, Southern Polytechnic, Union

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Results of the NAIA Coaches’ Poll for March 31, 2009, and Boyd Nation’s Iterative Strength Rating. Comments below:

RANK	LAST WEEK	ISR	SCHOOL	2009 RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	5	Lubbock Christian	29-4	649
2	2	2	Oklahoma City	31-3	623
3	4	3	Southern Polytechnic	29-3	615
4	3	1	Point Loma Nazarene	23-8	593
5	5	9	LSU-Shreveport	30-5	562
6	6	8	Azusa Pacific	26-7	536
7	7	17	Union (KY)	23-5	523
8	8	4	Campbellsville	22-4	502
9	10	6	Lewis-Clark State	16-6	473
10	11	22	Madonna	22-3	443
11	13	20	Embry-Riddle	27-10	434
12	12	10	Berry	25-7	419
13	16	7	British Columbia	21-7	399
14	14	27	Bellevue	18-7	386
15	15	11	Lee	28-8	343
16	17	34	Warner	25-11	300
17	25	13	Malone	19-4	280
18	18	14	The Master’s	24-11	273
19	20	40	Lindenwood	15-4	248
20	23	18	Trevecca Nazarene	21-12	221
21	NR	24	Univ of Science and Arts of Oklahoma	26-6	187
22	21	52	Montreat	17-7	176
23	9	55	Spring Arbor	10-6	170
24	24	15	Fresno Pacific	21-10	141
25	RV	12	College of Idaho	18-8	130
		16	Auburn-Montgomery	18-13
		19	Wayland Baptist	25-10
		21	Southern Nazarene	27-8
		23	Belhaven	26-11
		25	Biola	18-16

First-place votes: Lubbock Christian 18, Southern Polytechnic 5 Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Azusa Pacific, Campbellsville, Cumberland, Lee, Lewis-Clark State, LSU-Shreveport, Lubbock Christian, Madonna, Oklahoma City, Point Loma Nazarene, Southern Polytechnic, The Master's, Trevecca Nazarene, Union

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Results of the NAIA Coaches’ Poll for March 24, 2009, and Boyd Nation’s Iterative Strength Rating. Comments below:

RANK	LAST WEEK	ISR	SCHOOL	2009 RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	5	7	Lubbock Christian	26-3	647
2	1	2	Oklahoma City	28-3	612
3	3	1	Point Loma Nazarene	20-7	607
4	9	6	Southern Polytechnic	23-3	581
5	6	8	LSU-Shreveport	29-4	571
6	7	4	Azusa Pacific	23-6	529
7	8	26	Union (KY)	21-5	497
8	12	5	Campbellsville	21-3	494
9	4		Spring Arbor	7-3	467
10	10	9	Lewis-Clark State	12-6	429
11	18	15	Madonna	21-2	428
12	21	21	Berry	21-5	422
13	11	29	Embry-Riddle	24-10	388
14	13	22	Bellevue	14-6	378
15	2	13	Lee	26-6	376
16	14	3	British Columbia	17-6	341
17	RV	28	Warner	21-10	306
18	15	10	The Master’s	22-9	285
19	RV	18	Wayland Baptist	24-8	274
20	22	16	Lindenwood	14-3	204
21	20	45	Montreat	16-6	189
22	RV	32	Saint Francis	14-4	186
23	RV	27	Trevecca Nazarene	18-12	137
24	23	12	Fresno Pacific	18-9	126
25	RV	11	Malone	13-3	113
		14	College of Idaho	14-8
		17	Northwood (FL)	23-6
		19	Biola	16-13
		20	Auburn-Montgomery	16-13
		23	Cal State San Marcos	15-8
		24	William Penn	18-7
		25	Southern Nazarene	23-7

First-place votes: Lubbock Christian 17, Point Loma Nazarene 5, LSU-Shreveport 1 Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Azusa Pacific, Belhaven, Berry, British Columbia, Cal Baptist, Campbellsville, College of Idaho, Concordia-Irvine, Concordia-Portland, Lee, Lewis-Clark State, LSU-Shreveport, Lubbock Christian, Madonna, Oklahoma City, Point Loma Nazarene, Southern Polytechnic, Spring Arbor, Texas Wesleyan, The Master's, Trevecca Nazarene, U. of the Cumberlands, Union